What happens next? 4/10/08

Ashley's funeral will be this Friday and there is information on his blog about the service, as well as about the memorial fund that's been set up to help his wife and three small children (5, 3 & 2 years old) defray these costs and move forward, somehow (donate buttons in this post and in my left gutter, please, if you can). Those wonderful geeks have built a whole website about him too.  If you haven't a clue what I'm talking about, please see the previous post.

I'm posting Blake Haney's video, Blight Field Talks #1 / Rough Edit, Ashley and Oyster sitting in a field talking about blogging and about New Orleans.

 

For extra special heartstring pulling, try the tribute to Ashley and his (Czechoslovakian) wife, Hana (a/k/a "Soviet Block") at the Big Easy Roller Girls' blog.  

Update: News obituary in the Times-Picayune (4/10/08).

Update (4/12/08): When in community with the NOLA bloggers, you can always expect pictures to emerge online, quickly. I haven't had a chance to find them all but Dr. A's fine shots of yesterday's celebration of Ashley's life are already here (including Sophmom and Dangerblond sharing a burger, and yours truly hoisting an umbrella in the Second Line - just keep clicking through). BTW, that's the Hot 8 Brass Band. Ashley had a send-off that would make any New Orleanian proud. In case you're wondering, that fine lady funk was provided by the Big Easy Roller Girls, representin', among whom Mrs. Morris is known as Soviet Block. Karen was first with pictures posted last night. I'm just now remembeering (I'll keep that typo - makes good sense). A great set of pics that give a beautiful sense of the cemetary by dsb nola (who can really take a picture!).

Peace, out, y'all. Regular blogging (or at least my version thereof) will resume. Later. *sigh*